Thursday, June 04, 2009

I love making fruit tarts. They look so pretty and always seem to impress everyone and they are so easy to make! For this one I used a Paula Deen recipe. It was really fast & easy because she uses cream cheese (of course she does) rather than making a pastry cream. The recipe can be found here. (I didn't use the glaze in the recipe because they didn't have frozen limeade at the store because the freezer was broken so I used currant jelly that I heated up until it melted and then brushed it on).

It was so good!!!

I still remember my first tart I ever made. It was a Martha Stewart recipe and I was in my 20s! I'm telling you...I was so darn proud of that raspberry tart! So proud in fact that I had my picture taken with it...

You can tell I'm just beaming with pride! Ahhh...youth!

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I also want to mention that I will be at Vintage & Vogue in downtown Campbell this Saturday, June 6th 1:00-4:00 pm for their 1st year anniversary party! They asked me to be the guest of honor! I'm so honored to be asked!!! If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area I hope you can make it! It should be lots of fun!

Hi Cindy. Thanks so much for featuring this fruit tart. I know they're delicious, but I didn't realize they were so easy to make! What a cute picture of you and your first fruit tart! It's beautiful and you have every reason to be proud. Have a great time on Saturday; how lovely to be the guest of honor! ~Arleen

Your tart is beautiful!! And you look soooo young in the picture. Isn't sort of weird to look at pictures of yourself when you were younger...I know I've changed a lot! We know now that your red hair is natural!! Cute! Congrats on being the guest of honor, wish I could be there! Have fun!Sandy

Your tart turned out beautiful! And I love the old photo...so cute! Soon I'll be doing a post with a cheesecake recipe and showing of old photo of me holding a check and a blue ribbon I won for the recipe at our local county fair. Ahhhh to be that young again! I don't know where the years go...

I sure wish I lived closer so I could attend the Vintage & Vogue event.

Mmmm...does that ever look divine!!! I'll have to check out Paula's recipe, just love her "Fat equals flavor, Y'all!"! :) You know it's gotta be good! Such a great pic of you with your first tart, too! Have a wonderful time being the guest of honor -- such a special thing!

Cindy, That tart looks delicious! Both of them! Lauren looks so much like you! I wish that I could come to the Vintage and Vogue Event. I would get to meet you! I mentioned you on my blog today. You will have to go and check it out. Let me know if you think that I got some good deals. Hugs,Lee Laurie

If you could have seen my face when I scrolled down and saw the picture....I was like "Oh, no, she makes tarts, too?!!?!!" What can't you do????? The tart looks perfect. I've always thought they would be difficult to make, but once again you have inspired me! Have fun on Saturday!-Sheri

OMG! You look adorable. So pretty! You have always been the same. You look so vintagy and beautiful. That tart looks so good! What dont you know what to do?Your amazing!Thanks for sharing....LIZ at the Shabby Chiki Cottage

Sorry, forgot to mention: Cindy you should join my recipe giveaway. Enter one of these recipies and get a chance to win a $25 gift card to Home Depot. I know your Ms Handy so I know you can use it for some paint or something. Ok. Blessings...

Not so easy for the likes of Esther Sunday, trust me! I am a once a year baker - pumpkin pie (out of a can of course) on Thanksgiving. And that's only if I have the dinner at my house. So, make that every once in a year or so. Congrats on the guest of honor - you deserve it! Have fun!

It looks so yummy! Tart is a much better name for it than what I've always called them, Fruit Pizza. They're way to fancy to be a pizza. YUMMY. I was actually thinking about making one last Monday. Maybe this is a "sign". ~Karen

Well, good you looked so proud! Because I'm 52, and somehow, some way, I've NEVER made a fruit tart! What does that say about this woman, I wonder? I do, however, always eat fruit on my morning cereal. Is that a non sequitur???Brenda

Your fruit tarts are so beautiful ~ and I loved the picture of you in your twenties, so sweet! No wonder you're so good at everything ~ you started so young:)Congratulations on being Guest of Honor! I'm so happy for you!

That fruit tart looks so good and I love the crimping on the crust. I will have to check out the receipe. Cute picture of you. I would be proud of that first tart too.I wish I lived in Northern Calif. I would sure come and see you.Have fun.

Hi Cindy, This looks so yummy. I never knew it was so easy to make a tart either. I am going to go buy me a tart pan and make one. Congrats on the guest of honor! I am sure you will have a lot of fun. You so deserve to be. I read your comments. When I saw your younger picture I thought Lauren looks just like you when you were younger too. I love your beautiful blog.

Cindy...you are sooo cute in that pic...and what a yummy looking fruit tart...no wonder you were so proud! Thanks for the link to the recipe for the one you recently made...I always love everything Paula does. I used to buy the fruit tarts at Publix, but their price doubled on it overnight...ouch! Susan